King said in an interview that this photograph was taken as he tried to explain to his daughter Yolanda why she could not go to Funtown, a whites-only amusement park in Atlanta. King claims to have been tongue-tied when speaking to her. “One of the most painful experiences I have ever faced was to see her tears when I told her Funtown was closed to colored children, for I realized the first dark cloud of inferiority had floated into her little mental sky.”
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I just exercised for like 45 minutes. In the last 5 minutes I was like dying and I said to myself “c’monnnnn, you can do an hour, you cannn’. But I couldnt. But I dont care because I’m happy anyway. I exercised and I feel healthy and now I’m thinking about eating and there’s only fruit in the kitchen so I won’t eat bad things and srjgnrgkrsjngjrngjr. If only I had something to do for the rest of the day…